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Policing Fantasy : problems of genre in fantasy literature [PDF]
, 2005 The thesis explores the problems of genre in fantasy literature. The first chapter locates a set of problems within modern genre theory and relate them to the genre of fantasy. Some of these problems are the problem of definition, which presupposes a stable and static genre, the problem of change, which makes accurate definitions impossible to work ...
Angelskår, Svein
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Notes towards gritty fantasy medievalism, temporality, and worldbuilding
, 2022 This article discusses gritty fantasy, a fantasy subgenre, which was established in the early 2000s and has since gained a lot of traction. In previous research, gritty fantasy has often been understood as a deconstructive form of fantasy that draws on ...
Bark Persson, Anna
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, 2021 Η παρούσα έρευνα εστιάζει στο σχεδόν αδιερεύνητο κειμενικό είδος της μεταφρασμένης ελληνικής λογοτεχνίας του φανταστικού. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, ερμηνεύει τις αποκλίσεις μεταξύ των δύο Ελληνικών μεταφράσεων του επικού διηγήματος του Τζ. Ρ. Ρ. Τόλκιν Ο Άρχοντας των Δαχτυλιδιών (1954), το οποίο εκδόθηκε το 1985 (Κείμενο Στόχος α) και το 2001 (Κείμενο Στόχος β)
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, 2023 Providing an engaging and accessible introduction to the Fantasy genre in literature, media and culture, this incisive volume explores why Fantasy matters in the context of its unique affordances, its disparate pasts and its extraordinary current ...
Sangster, Matthew
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Fantasy Formula in Romance Movies: Beauty and the Beast (2017) and Aladdin (2019)
SALEE, 2022 Popular literature is an entertaining work and is widely loved by the public. This study focuses on formula analysis of fantasy genres identified from the Beauty and the Beast (2017) and Aladdin (2019) movies seen from several scenes in both movies. The
Yuri Yusnia Kartika +2 more
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William Morris and the critical utopia of high fantasy
Acta Neophilologica, 2009 The novels The Wood Beyond the World (1894) and The Weil at the World's End (1896) by William Morris are considered the formative works of the type of literature which has been labelled high fantasy. The latter is one of the commercially most successful
Matic Večko
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“A Game of Thrones” – a New Classic?
Crossroads, 2013 The following paper depicts George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones as a novel worthy of receiving the title of a classic. Classics are presented as a section of literature to which permission is granted based on particular criteria which is full of ...
Magdalena Łapińska
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Notes Towards Gritty Fantasy Medievalism, Temporality, and Worldbuilding
Fafnir, 2023 This article discusses gritty fantasy, a fantasy subgenre, which was established in the early 2000s and has since gained a lot of traction. In previous research, gritty fantasy has often been understood as a deconstructive form of fantasy that draws on ...
Anna Bark Persson
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Literatura Niewidocznego — wizje i rewizje urban fantasy
Creatio Fantastica, 2018 A discussion Literature of the Unseen—Visions and (Re)visions of Urban Fantasy collects theoretical reflections upon the subgenres of urban fantasy and paranormal romance, along with a brief commentary on the body of text representative for both ...
Stefan Ekman +4 more
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Antagonists of Evil in the Works of J. R. R. Tolkien and Nato Davitashvili
Nalans, 2021 The article deals with the main characteristics of the antagonists in Fantasy literature. Evil characters have always existed in different literary works. However, in fantasy literature the main antagonist is definitely evil.
Tamar Katamadze
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